JERSEY GIRL COMES THROUGH IN TEST TO SUPPORT HER TRAINER'S FORESIGHT.(SPORTS)

Byline: MATT GRAVES Staff writer

SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Trainer Todd Pletcher left himself open for criticism when he bypassed a chance to become the ninth winner of the Triple Tiara with unbeaten Jersey Girl, but his filly vindicated him in Saturday's Test Stakes.

The one-length victory over longshot Brave Deed not only kept Jersey Girl's perfect record intact, but it also enhanced her position to win the 3-year-old filly Eclipse Award.

It also made Pletcher's decision to run in the seven-furlong Test instead of the 1 1/2-mile Coaching Club American Oaks look like the right thing to do.

``I told myself and everyone else that we were going to …